Vanuatu - Self-employed

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Vanuatu was 70.93 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 85.53 in 1991, while its lowest value was 70.93 in 2019.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 85.53
1992 85.40
1993 85.38
1994 84.82
1995 84.71
1996 84.48
1997 83.95
1998 83.36
1999 83.13
2000 82.08
2001 82.50
2002 83.28
2003 82.69
2004 82.05
2005 81.05
2006 79.43
2007 78.48
2008 77.33
2009 76.58
2010 75.48
2011 74.84
2012 74.44
2013 73.90
2014 73.49
2015 73.36
2016 72.81
2017 72.04
2018 71.49
2019 70.93

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Vanuatu was 66.14 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 73.67 in 2002, while its lowest value was 65.85 in 2013.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 72.99
1992 72.95
1993 73.13
1994 72.38
1995 72.46
1996 72.37
1997 71.81
1998 71.24
1999 71.42
2000 70.52
2001 71.75
2002 73.67
2003 73.37
2004 73.05
2005 72.30
2006 70.71
2007 70.26
2008 69.64
2009 69.48
2010 66.15
2011 65.95
2012 66.00
2013 65.85
2014 65.95
2015 66.67
2016 66.59
2017 66.25
2018 66.23
2019 66.14

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Vanuatu was 68.23 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 78.34 in 1993, while its lowest value was 68.23 in 2019.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 78.32
1992 78.24
1993 78.34
1994 77.66
1995 77.67
1996 77.52
1997 76.97
1998 76.40
1999 76.41
2000 75.44
2001 76.34
2002 77.78
2003 77.35
2004 76.90
2005 76.04
2006 74.44
2007 73.79
2008 72.95
2009 72.55
2010 70.23
2011 69.83
2012 69.69
2013 69.37
2014 69.24
2015 69.59
2016 69.31
2017 68.78
2018 68.53
2019 68.23

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity